HR 1
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G F C
This is a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue
Two young lovers with nothin' better to do
Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube
And here is what happened when they decided to cut loose
They headed down to, ooh, old El Paso
That's where they ran into a great big hassle
Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle
Bobbie Sue took the money and run
Hoo-hoo-hoo, go on, take the money and run
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo-hoo-hoo, go on, take the money and run
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo-hoo-hoo,
billy Mack is a detective down in Texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is
He ain't gonna let those two escape justice
He makes his livin' off of the people's taxes
Bobbie Sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away
Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day
They got the money, hey, you know they got away
They headed down south and they're still running today
Singin' go on take the money and run
Go on, take the money and run
Hoo-hoo-hoo, go on, take the money and run
Oh lord, go on, take the money and run
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Hey, yeah, go on, take the money and run, yeah (yeah)
Hoo-hoo-hoo, go on, take the money and run
Oh lord, go on, take the money and run, yeah (yeah)
Hoo-hoo-hoo, go on, take the money and run, oh lord
DGDA
That hot, old summer sun
Make you beg for your next breath
So, you best be on the creek bank
Laying in the shade
Chewing on a hickory twig
Pass that bottle, I'll have me a swig
I ain't got a lot but I think I got it made
In the shade
GDAD-GDAD
I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind
Catching these fish like they're going out of style
Drinking this homemade wine
Hey, if the sun don't come up tomorrow
People, I have had a good time
I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind
I bet the old man's in the kitchen
He's got my kind of music on his radio
Aah, drinking his beer and
Dialing up the request lines
Mama and old Aunt Joan probably in the
Dining room trying to use the phone
Me, I'm thinking about that girl and later tonight
Chorus
You know the rednecks and the preppies
They're in their discos and honky-tonks
Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace
Lord, I know just how they feel
You gotta get out and kick it up your heels
And ain't it great to be living in the USA
Chorus
Drop D - A/E/D - upper, d shape
A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane
Two American kids growing up in the heart land
Jack - he's gonna be a football star
Diane - debutante in the back seat of Jacky's car
Suckin' on chilli dog outside the Tastee Freez
Diane sitting on Jacky's lap
Got his hands between her knees
Jack - he says:
"Hey, Diane, let's run off behind a shady tree
Dribble off those bobby brooks
Let me do what I please."
Saying oh yeah
Life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone
Sayin' oh yeah
Life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone
Now walk on
Jack - he sits back, collects his thoughts for a moment
Scratches his head, and does his best James Dean
Well, now then, there, Diane, we ought to run off to the city
Diane says:
"Baby, you ain't missing nothing."
But Jack - he says:
CHORUS
Oh, let it rock, let it roll
Let the bible belt come and save my soul
Holdin' on to sixteen as long as you can
Change is coming 'round real soon
Make us woman and man
Saying oh yeah
Life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone
A little ditty 'bout Jack and Diane
Two American kids doin' the best they can
C/F/Am/F
When I was young I knew everything
And she a punk who rarely took advice
Now i'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice
Am/G/F
I can't be held responsible
Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
C/F/Am/F
For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
C/F/Am/F
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept
Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says
We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say
Pre/Chorus
Open D - 9-7-5-0 | 5-7-9-12 | 4-5
'Cause I know that time has numbered my days
And I'll go along with everything you say
But I'll ride home laughing, look at me now
Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
And my ears hear the call of my unborn sons
And I know their choices colour all I've done
But I'll explain it all to the watchman's son
I ain't ever lived a year better spent in love
'Cause I'll know my weakness, know my voice And I'll believe in grace and choice
And I know perhaps my heart is farce But I'll be born without a mask, woo
Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride
I stretched my arms into the sky
I cry Babel! Babel! Look at me now
Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down
You ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl
As all we see will slip into the cloud
So come down from your mountain and stand where we've been
You know our breath is weak and our body thin
Press my nose up to the glass around your heart
I should've known I was weaker from the start
You'll build your walls and I will play my bloody part
To tear, tear them down
Well I'm gonna tear, tear them down
Chorus
EA
Let me run with you tonight
I'll take you on a moonlight ride
There's someone I used to see
But she don't give a damn for me
E-B-E-A
But let me get to the point, let's roll another joint
And turn the radio loud, I'm too alone to be proud
E-D-A
And you don't know how it feels.
You don't know how it feels to be me
People come, people go
some grow young, some grow cold
I woke up in between a memory and a dream
CHORUS
My old man was born to rock he's still tryin' to beat the clock
Think of me what you will I've got a little space to fill
CHORUS
Repeat last line
[Instrumental GCDAm]
C-D-Am-G
So, so you think you can tell,
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain.
D-Am-C-G
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail, a smile from a veil,
Do you think you can tell?
C-D-Am-G
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts,
Hot ashes for trees, hot air for a cool breeze, cold comfort for change,
D-Am-C-G
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
[Instrumental]
C-D-Am-G
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
D-Am-C-G
Running over the same old ground. What have we found?
The same old fears. Wish you were here!
[Instrumental]
Headin' down south to the land of the pines
I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
Starin' up the road and pray to God I see headlights
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight
So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey... mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey... mama rock me
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, north country winters keep a-gettin' me down
Lost my money playin' poker, so I had to leave town
But I ain't a-turnin' back to livin' that old life no more
Chorus
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long toke
But he's a-headin' west from the Cumberland Gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby callin' my name and I know that she's the only one
And if I died in Raleigh, at least I will die free
Chorus x2
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
I seem to recognize your face
Haunting familiar, yet I cant seem to place it
Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
Lifetimes are catchin' up with me
C A C
All these changes taking place
A C
I wish i’d seen the place
A Em
But no-one’s ever taken me
CHORUS
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
I swear I recognise your breath
Memories, like fingerprints are slowly raising
Me, you wouldn't recall, for I'm not my former
It's hard when you're stuck upon the shelf
C A C
I changed by not changing at all
A C
Small town predicts my fate
A Em
Perhaps that's what no one wants to see
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
I just want to scream, "hello!"
My god, it's been so long, never dreamed you'd return
But now here you are and here I am
Hearts and thoughts they fade away
CHORUS
E9 A9 CBAGF#AD
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour 9:00 a.m.
And I'm gonna be high
As a kite by then
I miss the Earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight
hold G C to A9
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh, no, no, no
I'm a rocket man
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them
If you did
And all this science
I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man
A rocket man
CHORUS
G Em D C G
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
G D Em C | G D C G
Country roads, take me home To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
CHORUS
Em D G
I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me
C G D
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Em F C
Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin'
D D7
That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday
CHORUS
Am E7 G D F C Dm E7
Solo
On a dark desert highway Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
Then she lit up a candle And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say
F C E7 Am
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place Such a lovely face
F C Dm E7
Plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year You can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted She got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys That she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember Some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain "Please bring me my wine"
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here Since 1969"
And still those voices are calling from far away Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say
Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place. Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California What a nice surprise Bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling The pink champagne on ice
And she said, 'We are all just prisoners here Of our own device"
And in the master's chambers They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door
I had to find the passage back To the place I was before
"Relax, " said the night man "We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like But you can never leave"
CHORUS - Maybe solo out CHORUS
Drop D | Capo 3 | D G A
Go to sleep you little babe Go to sleep you little babe
Your mama's gone away and your daddy's gonna stay
Didn't leave nobody but the baby
Go to sleep you little babe Go to sleep you little babe
Everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn
Didn't leave nobody but the baby
In constant sorrow...all through his days...
I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my day
I bid farewell to old Kentucky The place where I was born and raised
(The place where he was born and raised)
For six long years I've been in trouble No pleasures here on earth I found
For in this world I'm bound to ramble I have no friends to help me now
(He has no friends to help him now)
It's fare thee well my old lover I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad Perhaps I'll die upon this train
(Perhaps he'll die upon this train)
You can bury me in some deep valley For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another While I am sleeping in my grave
(While he is sleeping in his grave)
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger My face, you'll never see no more
But there is one promise that is given I'll meet you on God's golden shore
(He'll meet you on God's golden shore)
Go to sleep you little babe Go to sleep you little babe
You and me and the Devil makes three
Don't need no other lovin' baby
Go to sleep you little babe Go to sleep you little babe
Come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones
And be my ever-lovin' baby
Am C D (G)
I hurt myself today To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away But I remember everything
(G) Am F C G
What have I become? My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away In the end
And you could have it all My empire of dirt
I will let you down I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of thorns Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time The feelings disappear
You are someone else I'm still right here
CHORUS
(G) Am F C G
If I could start again A million miles away
I would keep myself I would find a way
HR 2
G D F# Bm
So long ago I don't remember when
That's when they said I lost my only friend
Well they said she died easy of a broke heart disease
As I listened through the cemetery trees
I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn
With the long broken arm of human law
Now it always seemed such a waste
She always had a pretty face
I wondered why she hung around this place
G D Em A
Hey-ey-ey
Come on try a little Nothing is forever
Got to be something better than in the middle
Me and Cinderella We put it all together
We can drive it home With one headlight
She said it's cold
It feels like independence day
And I can't break away from this parade
But there's got be an opening
Somewhere here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed
And I've seen the sign up ahead at the county line bridge
Sayin' all is good and nothingness is dead
We run until she's out of breath
She ran until there's nothing left
She hit the end, just her window ledge
CHORUS
Well this place is old
It feels just like a beat up truck
I turn the engine but the engine doesn't turn
Well it smells of cheap wine and cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn
I'm so alone
Feel just like somebody else
Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dying dreams
I think her death, it must be killing me
CHORUS
GCD
Six o'clock on Friday evenin' mama doesn't know she's leavin'
Till she hears the sceen door slammin'
Rubber squealin' gears a jammin'
Local country station just a blarin' on the radio
Pick him up at seven and they're headin' to the rodeo
Mama's on the front porch screamin' out her warnin'
Girl you'd better get your red head back in bed before the mornin'
Nine o'clock the show is endin' but the fun is just beginnin'
She knows she's anticipatin' but she's gonna keep him waitin'
Grab a bite to eat and then they're headin' to the honky tonk
But loud crowds and line dancin' just ain't what they really want
Drive out to the boondocks and park down by the creek
And where it's George Strait till real late and dancion' cheek to cheek
CHORUS
(G) Ten till twelve is wine and dancing midnight starts the hard romancin' C
(C) One o'clock that truck is rocking (G) two is comin' still no stoppin'
(D) Break to check the clock at three they're right on where they wanna be
(G) And four o'clock get up get goin' five o'clock that rooster's crowin' yeah
CHORUS
(G) Six o'clock on Saturday her folks don't know he's on his way
The stalls are clean the horses fed they say she's grounded till she's dead
(D) And here he comes around the bend slowing down she's jumping in
(G) Hey mom your daughter's gone and there they go again
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel like my only friend
Is the city I live in, the city of angels
Lonely as I am, together we cry
I drive on her streets 'cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills 'cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds and she kisses me windy
Well, I never worry, now that is a lie
I don't ever wanna feel Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love Take me all the way
I don't ever wanna feel Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love Take me all the way
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's hard to believe that there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe that I'm all alone
At least I have her love, the city, she loves me
Lonely as I am, together we cry
Chorus
(Under the bridge downtown)
Is where I drew some blood
(Under the bridge downtown)
I could not get enough
(Under the bridge downtown)
Forgot about my love
(Under the bridge downtown)
I gave my life away
Capo 5 | A-D-D-A-E
She's a good girl, loves her mama
Loves Jesus and America, too
She's a good girl, who's crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses, and her boyfriend too
And it's a long day livin' in Reseda
There's a freeway runnin' through the yard
And I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart
Now I'm free Free fallin'. Yeah, I'm free Free fallin'
Now all the vampires walkin' through the Valley
Move west down Ventura boulevard
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
And the good girls are home with broken hearts
Now I'm free Free fallin'. Yeah, I'm free Free fallin'
I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I'm gonna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for awhile
Now I'm free Free fallin'. Yeah, I'm free Free fallin'
Sometimes I feel the fear of Uncertainty stinging clear
And I, can't help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear
Take the wheel and steer
It's driven me before and seems to have a vague
Haunting mass appeal
But lately I'm beginning to find that I
Should be the one behind the wheel
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there, I'll be there
So, if I Decide to waiver my Chance to be one of The hive
Will I choose water over wine And hold my own and drive? Aah ah ooo
It's driven me before and it seems to be the way
That everyone else gets around
But lately I'm beginning to find that when
I drive myself my light is found
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings
I'll be there I'll be there
Would you choose water over wine? Hold the wheel and drive
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there I'll be there
F C D A#
It must be your skin, I'm sinkin' in
It must be for real, 'cause now I can feel
And I didn't mind, it's not my kind
It's not my time, to wonder why
Everything gone white, everything's grey
Now you're here, now you're away
I don't want this, remember that
I'll never forget, where you're at
Don't let the days go by
Glycerine, glycerine
I'm never alone, I'm alone all the time
Are you at one, or do you lie
We live in a wheel, where everyone steals
But when we rise, it's like strawberry fields
If I treated you bad, you'd bruise my face
Couldn't love you more, you've got a beautiful taste
Don't let the days go by
Could have been easier on you
I couldn't change though I wanted to
Should have been easier by three
Our old friend fear and you and me
Glycerine, glycerine (REPEAT)
DA#
Bad moon whine again
Bad moon whine again
As she falls around me
I needed you more, we wanted us less
Could not kiss, just regress
It might just be clear, simple, and plain
Well that's just fine, that's just one of my names
CHORUS
G-C-D-G
And if you take my heart. Don't leave the smallest part
I've no need to live if you're to come up gone.
And as my life turns to a song. And if and when I treat you wrong
No I never want to hurt our family
And I would give up everything. No this is not just about me
And I don't know a plainer way to say it Babe
And they may pay us off in fame. Though that is not why we came
And I know well and good that won't heal our hearts
C-G-D-C-G
We came for salvation. We came for family
We came for all that's good that's how we'll walk away
We came to break the bad. We came to cheer the sad
We came to leave behind the world a better way
Now if I'm walkin' through the rain and I hear you call my name
I will break into a run without a pause
And if your love laughs at your dreams, Well it's not as bad as it seems
Either way one of them has got to go
And if you take of my soul, you can still leave it whole
With the pieces of you own you leave behind
CHORUS
And I would give up everything and if you were to come up clean
And see you shine so bright in a world of woe
And they may pay us off in fame but that is not why we came
And if it compromises truth then we will go
CHORUS
E A B7
Country music singers
Have always been a real close family
But lately some of my kinfolks
Have disowned a few others and me
I guess it's because
I kinda changed my direction
Lord, I guess I went and broke their family tradition
They get on me and want to know
Hank, why do you drink?
Hank, why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
Over and over
Everybody makes my prediction
So if I get stoned, I'm just carrying on
An old family tradition
I am very proud
Of my daddy's name
Although his kind of music
And mine ain't exactly the same
Stop and think it over
Put yourself in my position
If I get stoned and sing all night long
It's a family tradition
So don't ask me
Hank, why do you drink?
Hank, why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
If I'm down in a honky-tonk
And some ole slick's trying to give me friction
I'll say leave me alone
I'm singing all night long
It's a family tradition
Lordy, I have loved some ladies
And I have loved Jim Beam
And they both tried to kill me in 1973
When that doctor asked me
"Son, how did you get in this condition?"
I said, "Hey, Sawbones
I'm just carrying on an ole family tradition"
So don't ask me CHORUS
(Am) Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rollin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' Rawhide
Am C
Keep rollin', rollin', rollin' Though the streams are swollen Rawhide
Am Dm G Am
Through rain and wind and weather Hell-bent for leather
G F E
Wishing my girl was by my side
Am Dm G Am
All the things I'm missin', good vittles, love and kissin'
Dm Am G Am
Are waitin' at the end of my ride
Am - E (F)
Move 'em on, head 'em up, head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up, rawhide
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, ride 'em in, cut 'em out
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in rawhide
Keep movin', movin', movin' Though they're disapproving
Keep them doggies movin' Rawhide
Don't try to understand 'em Just rope and throw and brand 'em
Soon we'll be livin' high and wide
My heart's calculating, my true love will be waiting
Be waiting at the end of my ride
CHORUS (Option Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’...then Chorus)
Capo 5 | C G/B Am F C F C G
Solo
Seh, seh, seh I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
Oba observing the 'ypocrites
As they would mingle with the good people we meet
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we've lost Along the way
In this great future, you can't forget your past
So dry your tears, I seh
No, woman, no cry No, woman, no cry
'Ere, little darlin', don't shed no tears No, woman, no cry
Short Solo
Said, said, said, I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Georgie would make the fire lights
As it was log wood burnin' through the night
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
And so I've got to push on through But while I'm gone
Everything's gonna be alright X8
CHORUS
I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Georgie would make the fire lights
As it was log wood burnin' through the night
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
And so I've got to push on through But while I'm gone
CHORUS
G-C
It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said, "I'm angry"
Five days since you laughed at me
Saying, "Get that together, come back and see me"
Three days since the living room
I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you
Yesterday, you'd forgiven me
But it'll still be two days 'til I say I'm sorry
G-C
Hold it now and watch the hoodwink
As I make you stop, think
You'll think you're looking at Aquaman
I summon fish to the dish, although I like the Chalet Swiss
I like the sushi 'cause it's never touched a frying pan
Hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes
Big like LeAnn Rimes, because I'm all about value
Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits
You try to match wits, you try to hold me but I bust through
Gonna make a break and take a fake
I'd like a stinking aching shake
I like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavors
Gotta see the show, 'cause then you'll know
The vertigo is gonna grow
'Cause it's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver
Em-D-g/B-C
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?
Trying hard not to smile, though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean? Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt
G-C
It's been one week since you looked at me
Threw your arms in the air and said, "You're crazy"
Five days since you tackled me
I've still got the rug burns on both my knees
It's been three days since the afternoon
You realized it's not my fault not a moment too soon
Yesterday, you'd forgiven me
And now I sit back and wait 'til you say you're sorry
Chickity China, the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watching X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford, I'm getting frantic
Like Sting, I'm tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurosawa, I make mad films, 'kay, I don't make films
But if I did they'd have a Samurai
Gonna get a set of better clubs
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swing
Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon
'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes
That make me think the wrong thing
PreChorus
It's been one week since you looked at me
Dropped your arms to the sides and said, "I'm sorry"
Five days since I laughed at you and said
"You just did just what I thought you were gonna do"
Three days since the living room
We realized we're both to blame but what could we do?
Yesterday, you just smiled at me
'Cause it'll still be two days 'til we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days 'til we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days 'til we say, "Wasabi"
Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie
It'll still be two days 'til we say we're sorry
Fast GCD
Well I've been lockin' myself up in my house for sometime now
Readin' and writin' and readin' and thinkin'
And searching for reasons and missing the seasons
The Autumn, the Spring, the Summer, the snow
The record will stop and the record will go
Latches latched the windows down,
The dog coming in and the dog going out
Up with caffeine and down with a shot
Constantly worried about what I've got
Distracting my work but I can't make a stop
And my confidence on and my confidence off
And I sink to the bottom and rise to the top
And I think to myself that I do this a lot
World outside just goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes...
And witness it all from the blinds of my window
THREE, FOUR
Fast - GCD
I'm a little nervous 'bout what you'll think When you see me in my swimming trunks
And last night in New York I got raging drunk Remember one time I got raging drunk with you
Now, I can recall a time when we made the city Streets our playground, kissing in the fountains
Filled with cigarettes and bottles Sped through Italian city streets of cobblestone
Slow - GCD run
Because we had to
Because I loved you
Because the damned alcohol
Beacause whatever at all
Fast - GCD
Now I've grown to aware of my mortality
To let go and forget about dying
Long enough to drop the hammer down
And let the indolence go wild and flying through
Slow - GCD run
Because we had to (x4)
AGD
Leavin' home, out on the road I've been down before
Ridin' along on this big ol' jet plane, I've been thinkin' about my home
But my love light seems so far away and I feel like it's all been done
Somebody's tryin' to make me stay, you know I've got to be movin' on
GDA
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away
Oh, oh big ol' jet airliner
Cause it's here that I've got to stay
Goodbye to all my friends at home, goodbye to people I've trusted
I've got to go out and make my way, I might get rich, you know I might get busted
But my heart keeps calling me backwards as I get on the seven oh seven (707)
Ridin' high, I got tears in my eyes, you know you got to go through hell before you get to heaven
CHORUS
Touchin' down in New England town, feel the heat comin' down
I've got to keep on keepin' on, you know the big wheel keeps a spinnin' around
And I'm goin' with some hesitation, you know that I can surely see
That I don't want to get caught up in any of that funky shit goin' down in the city
CHORUS
G DF# Am - Em D C
You heard my voice, I came out of the woods by choice
Shelter also gave their shade
But in the dark I have no name So leave that click in my head
And I will remember the words that you said
Left a clouded mind and a heavy heart But I am sure we could see a new start
Em D G C
So when your hopes on fire But you know your desire
Don't hold a glass over the flame Don't let your heart grow cold
I will call you by name I will share your road
Em X
But hold me fast, hold me fast
Em C Em D Em
'Cause I'm a hopeless wanderer And hold me fast, hold me fast
Em C Em D G C
'Cause I'm a hopeless wanderer
G DF# Am - Em D C
I wrestled long with my youth We tried so hard to live in the truth
But do not tell me all is fine When I lose my head, I lose my spine
So leave that click in my head And I won't remember the words that you said
You brought me out from the cold Now, how I long, how I long to grow old
PC - CHORUS (GO!)
Em - C Em D
I will learn, I will learn to love the skies I'm under
Em - C Em D G
And I will learn, I will learn to love the skies I'm under
C Em D G C - - Em end
The skies I'm under
HR 3
Bf-F-C-G-Ef-Bf-F | 11-33-66
There was a decorated general with A heart of gold,
that likened him to All the stories he told
Of past battles, won and lost, and Legends of old a seasoned veteran in His own time
On the battlefield, he gained Respectful fame
with many medals Of bravery and stripes to his name
He grew a beard as soon as he couldTo cover the scars on his face And always urged his men on
But on the eve of a great battle With the infantry in dream
The old general tossed in his sleep
And wrestled with its meaning He awoke from the night Just to tell what he had seen And walked slowly out of his tent
All the men held tall with their Chests in the air,
with courage in Their blood and a fire in their stare
It was a grey morning and they all Wondered how they would fare
Till the old general told them to go home…and he said…
I have seen the OTHERS And I have discovered That this fight is not worth fighting
And I've seen their MOTHERS and I will no other To follow me where I'm going
So, take a shower, shine your shoes You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Take a shower, shine your shoes You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living Go now you are forgiven
But the men stood fast with their Guns on their shoulders
not knowing What to do with the contradicting orders
The general said he would do his own Duty but would extend it no further
The men could go as they pleased
But not a man moved, their eyes gazed straight ahead
Till one by one They stepped back and not a word was said
And the old general was left with his Own words echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight
CHORUS
Go now you are forgiven (Repeated)
B E F# | F# for verse
Solo
Red, red wine, it's up to you
All I can do I've done
Memories won't go, memories won't go
I'd have sworn that with time
Thoughts of you leave my head
I was wrong, now I find
Just one thing makes me forget
Red, red wine, stay close to me
Don't let me be alone
It's tearing apart my blue heart
Red red wine, you make me feel so fine
You keep me rockin' all of the time
Red red wine, you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollar when you're just in my hand
Red red wine, you make me feel so sad
Any time I see you go, it make me feel bad
Red red wine, you make me feel so fine
You keep me rockin'...
Red, red wine, it's up to you
All I can do I've done
Memories won't go, memories won't go
Solo
Red, red wine goes to my head
Makes me forget that I still need her so
still need her so
E A B E | E A B
When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you
When I go out, yeah, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
If I get drunk, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver, hey, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you
But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door
When I'm working, yes, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you
And when the money comes in for the work I do
I'll pass almost every penny on to you
When I come home (When I come home), oh, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you
And if I grow old, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you
CHORUS
Da lat da (Da lat da) x2
When I'm lonely, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's lonely without you
And when I'm dreaming, well, I know I'm gonna dream
I'm gonna dream about the time when I'm with you
When I go out (When I go out), well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
And when I come home (When I come home), yes, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home with you
I'm gonna be the man who's coming home with you
CHORUS
Da lat da (Da lat da) x2
CHORUS
GCD Solo
Celia, you're breaking my heart,
You're shaking my confidence daily.
Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees,
I'm begging you please to come home.
Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia
Up in my bedroom,
I got up to wash my face When I come back to bed,
Someone's taken my place.
CHORUS
Solo
Oh's CHORUS
Jubilation, She loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I laughing
REPEAT
CHORUS
G-D-C | Tuned ½ Down - Blue GTR
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice ‘cause I speak of the pompitous of love
People talk about me baby, say I'm doing you wrong
We'll don't you worry baby, don't worry. Cause I'm right here at home.
Cause I'm a picker. I’m a grinner I'm a lover. And I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun I'm a joker I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker, I sure don't want to hurt no one
Life is one big party when you're still young
But who's gonna have your back when it's all done
It's all good when you're little, you have pure fun
Can't be a fool, son, what about the long run
Looking back shorty always I mention
Said me not giving her much attention
She was there through my incarceration
I wanna show the nation my appreciation
Girl, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby
Shorty, you're my angel, you're my darling angel
Girl, you're my friend when I'm in need, lady
You're a queen and so you should be treated
Though you never get the lovin' that you needed
Could have left, but I called and you heeded
Begged and I pleaded, mission completed
Mama said that I and I dissed the program
Not the type to mess around with your emotion
But the feeling that I have for you is so strong
Been together so long and this could never be wrong
Angel Chorus
You're the cutest thing
That I ever did see
I really love your peaches
Want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Ooo-eee baby, I'll sure show you a good time
JOKER CHORUS
Capo 2 - Em Am C B7
Shorty get down, good Lord
Baby, got 'em open all over town
Strictly biz, she don't play around
Cover much grounds, got game by the pound
Getting paid is her forte
Each and every day, true player way
I can't get her out of my mind (Wow)
I think about the girl all the time (Wow wow)
East side to the west side
Pushin' phat rides, it's no surprise
She got tricks in the stash, stacking up the cash
Fast when it comes to the gas
By no means average
She's on when she's got to have it
Baby, you're a perfect ten, I wanna get in
Can I get down so I can win?
I like the way you work it
No diggity, I got to bag it up, bag it up
I like the way you work it
No diggity, I got to bag it up, bag it up, girl
I like the way you work it
No diggity, I got to bag it up, bag it up
I like the way you work it
No diggity, I got to bag it up, get up
She's got class and style
Street knowledge by the pound
Baby never act wild, very low key on the profile
Catchin' feelings is a no
Let me tell you how it goes
Herb's the word, spin's the verb
Lovers it curves so freak, what you heard?
Rollin' with the phatness
You don't even know what the half is
You gotta pay to play
Just for shorty, bang-bang, to look your way
I like the way you work it
Trump tight all day, every day
You're blowing my mind, maybe in time
Baby, I can get you in my ride
CHORUS
Hey Oh x 4 (girl good - play on player - my kind of girl - yeah)
If you know like I know....you don't wanna step to this
It's the g-funk era funked out with a gansta twist
If you smoke like I smoke you'll be high like every day
If yo ass is a busta, 2-1-3 will regulate
CHORUS
A B
Used to spend my nights out in a barroom
Liquor was the only love I've known
But you rescued me from reachin' for the bottom
And brought me back from being too far gone
You're as smooth as Tennessee whiskey
You're as sweet as strawberry wine
You're as warm as a glass of brandy
And honey, I stay stoned on your love all the time
I've looked for love in all the same old places
Found the bottom of a bottle's always dry
But when you poured out your heart I didn't waste it
'Cause there's nothing like your love to get me high
CHORUS
Capo 5 Am C Am C | G F C
Weep for yourself, my man
you'll never be what is in your heart
Weep little lion man
you're not as brave as you were at the start
Rate yourself and rake yourself
take all the courage you have left
Wasted on fixing all the
problems that you made in your own head
[Chorus]
Am F C x2 - G
But it was not your fault but mine
and it was your heart on the line
I really fucked it up this time
didn't I, my dear? Didn't I, my
Tremble for yourself, my man
you know that you have seen this all before
Tremble little lion man
you'll never settle any of your scores
Your grace is wasted in your face
your boldness stands alone among the wreck
Now learn from your mother or else
spend your days biting your own neck
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
G C F (x2)
x4 (stay!)
[Chorus] - [Chorus - No Chords/END]
Return of the Mack, get up! What it is, what it does, what it is, what it isn't
Looking for a better way to get up out of bed
Instead of getting on the Internet and checking on who hit me Get up!
Thrift shop, pimp-strut walking, little bit of humble, little bit of cautious
Somewhere between like Rocky and Cosby. Sweater game, nope, nope y'all can't copy
Yup. Bad, moon-walking, this here is our party, my posse's been on Broadway
And we did it our way
Grown music, I shed my skin and put my bones into everything I record to it
And yet I'm on
Let that stage light go and shine on down
Got that Bob Barker suit game and Plinko in my style
Money, stay on my craft and stick around for those pounds
But I do that to pass the torch and put on for my town
Trust me. On my I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T shit, hustling
Chasing dreams since I was fourteen with the four-track bussing
Halfway cross that city with the backpack, fat cat, crush shit
Labels out here, now they can't tell me nothin' (Hey, hey, hey)
We give that to the people, spread it across the country (Hey, hey, hey, oh)
Labels out here, now they can't tell me nothin' (Hey, hey, hey)
We give it to the people, spread it across the country (Hey, hey, hey, oh)
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Nah, can I kick it? Thank you. Yeah I'm so damn grateful
I grew up, really wanted gold fronts
But that's what you get when Wu-Tang raised you
Y'all can't stop me, go hard like I got a 808 in my heart beat
And I'm eating at the beat like you give a little speed to a great white shark on Shark Week
Raw. Time to go off. I'm gone
Deuces goodbye. I got a world to see, and my girl she wanna see Rome
Caesar'll make you a believer
Nah I never ever did it for a throne
That validation comes from giving it back to the people
Nah sing this song and it goes like
Raise those hands, this is our party (Hey, hey, hey)
We came here to live life like nobody was watching (Hey, hey, hey, oh)
I got my city right behind me, if I fall, they got me (Hey, hey, hey)
Learn from that failure, gain humility (Hey, hey, hey)
And then we keep marching, I said
CHORUS (NANA's) CHORUS
C D G - Sweet Home
Big wheels keep on turnin' Carry me home to see my kin
Singin' songs about the Southland I miss Alabamy once again
Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her Well, I heard old Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember A Southern man don't need him around, anyhow
Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama Lord, I'm comin' home to you
In Birmingham, there lived a governor (boo, boo, boo!)
Now we all did what we could do Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth
CHORUS
It was 1989 my thoughts were short my hair was long
caught somewhere between a boy and man,
She was 17 and she was far from in-between
It was summer-time in Northern Michigan
Splashing through the sand-bar, talking by the campfire,
It’s the simple things in life like when and where
We didn’t have no internet but man I never will forget
the way the moon light shined upon her hair
And, we were trying different things we were smoking funny things
Making love out by the lake to our favorite song
Sipping whisky out the bottle not thinking bout tomorrow
Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long (x2)
CHORUS-End with Sweet Home Chorus
A La La La La Long - x2
Standing across the room I saw you smile.
I said I want to talk to you for a little while.
But before I make my move my emotions start running wild.
My tongue gets tied and that's no lie.
I'm looking in your eye
I'm looking in your big brown eye.
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat 'til you can't sweat no more.
And if you cry out I'm gonna push it some more.
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat 'til you can't sweat no more.
And if you cry out I'm gonna push it
Push it push it some more.
A La La La La Long x2
Short Solo
So I say to myself if she loves me or not
But the dread are known that love is his to get
DUBSTEP And with a little bit of this and a little bit of that
The lyrics goes on the attack
My tongue gets tied And that’s no lie
Im looking in your eyes
Im looking in your big brown eyes
Ooh yeah
(and I've got this to say to you)
CHORUS
A La La La La Long x2
Short Solo
CHORUS
A La La La La Long x2
A D (G-A riff)
Been working so hard. I'm punching my card
Eight hours, for what? Oh, tell me what I got
I gotten this feeling That time's just holding me down
I'll hit the ceiling Or else I'll tear up this town
Tonight I gotta cut loose, footloose. Kick off your Sunday shoes
Please, Louise. Pull me up off my knees
Jack, get back. C'mon, before we crack
Lose your blues. Everybody cut footloose
You're playing so cool Obeying every rule
Dig way down in your heart. You're burning, yearning for some
Somebody to tell you. That life ain't passing you by
I'm trying to tell you It will if you don't even try
So cut loose, footloose Kick off your Sunday shoes
Ooh-wee, Marie Shake it, shake it for me
Whoa, Milo C'mon, c'mon let's go
Lose your blues Everybody cut footloose
So come on turn me around.
You put your feet on the ground
Now take a hold of your soul
I'm turning it loose, footloose Kick off your Sunday shoes
Please, Louise Pull me up off my knees
Jack, get back C'mon, before we crack
Lose your blues Everybody cut footloose
Everybody cut everybod cut…x3
Everybody footloose
Capo 4 Em G D C
It's going down, I'm yelling timber You better move, you better dance
Let's make a night you won't remember I'll be the one you won't forget
No ooh's GO!
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
These big-iddy boys are dig-gidy dogs
I have 'em like Miley Cyrus, clothes off
Twerking in their bras and thongs
Face down, booty up
That's the way we like to–what?
I'm slicker than an oil spill
She say she won't, but I bet she will.
Swing your partner 'round and 'round
End of the night, it's going down
One more shot, another round
End of the night, it's going down
Swing your partner 'round and 'round
End of the night, it's going down
One more shot, another round
End of the night, it's going down
CHORUS Full
Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane
Nah, it's just me, ain't a damn thing changed
Live in hotels, swing on planes
Blessed to say, money ain't a thing
Club jumping like LeBron now, Volí
Order me another round, homie
We about to clown. Why? 'Cause it's about to go down
Swing your partner 'round and 'round
End of the night, it's going down
One more shot, another round
End of the night, it's going down
Swing your partner 'round and 'round
End of the night, it's going down
One more shot, another round
End of the night, it's going down
CHORUS Chris octave lower
E B G# A | A E
Just a small town girl Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train going anywhere
Just a city boy Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train going anywhere
A singer in a smokey room A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waitin'
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searchin' in the night
Streetlights, people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin', somewhere in the night
Workin' hard to get my fill Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice Just one more time
Some'll win, some will lose Some are born to sing the blues
Whoa, the movie never ends It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waitin'
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searchin' in the night
Streetlights, people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin', somewhere in the night
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlights, people
REPEAT 2x then DON’T STOP
End Dance
Pressure pushin' down on me Pressin' down on you, no man ask for
Under pressure That brings a building down
Splits a family in two Puts people on streets
Mm-ba-ba-beh, mm-ba-ba-beh Dee-day-da, ee-day-da…That's okay
All right stop Collaborate and listen
Ice is back with a brand new invention
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
Will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know
Turn off the lights and I'll glow
To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal
Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle
Dance Go rush the speaker that booms
I'm killin' your brain like a poisonous mushroom
Deadly, when I play a dope melody
Anything less than the best is a felony
Love it or leave it You better gangway
You better hit bull's eye The kid don't play
And if there was a problem Yo, I'll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it
CHORUS
Now that the party is jumping
With the bass kicked in, the Vegas are pumpin'
Quick to the point, to the point, no faking
I'm cooking MC's like a pound of bacon
Burning 'em if you ain't quick and nimble
I go crazy when I hear a cymbal
And a hi-hat with a souped up tempo
I'm on a roll, it's time to go solo
Rollin' in my 5.0
With my ragtop down so my hair can blow
The girlies on standby
Waving just to say, "Hi"
Did you stop? No, I just drove by
Kept on pursuing to the next stop
I bust a left and I'm heading to the next block
That block was dead
Yo, so I continued to A1A Beachfront Ave
Girls were hot, wearing less than bikinis
Rockman lovers driving Lamborghini
Jealous 'cause I'm out getting mine
Shay with a gauge and Vanilla with a nine
Ready for the chumps on the wall
The chumps are acting ill because they're so full of eight ball
Gunshots ranged out like a bell
I grabbed my nine, all I heard were shells
Fallin' on the concrete real fast
Jumped in my car, slammed on the gas
Bumper to bumper the avenue's packed
I'm tryin' to get away before the jackers jack
Police on the scene
You know what I mean?
They passed me up, confronted all the dope fiends
If there was a problem
Yo, I'll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it
That's the terror of knowing what this world is about
Watchin' some good friends scream:, Let me out
Pray tomorrow gets me higher Pressure on people, people on streets
Take heed, 'cause I'm a lyrical poet
Miami's on the scene just in case you didn't know it
My town, that created all the bass sound
Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground
My style's like a chemical spill
Feasible rhymes you can vision and feel
Conducted and formed, this is a hell of a concept
We make it hype and you want to step with this
Shay plays on the fade, slice it like a ninja
Cut like a razor blade so fast
Other DJ's say, "Damn"
If my rhyme was a drug
I'd sell it by the gram
Keep my composure when it's time to get loose
Magnetized by the mic when I kick my juice
If there was a problem
Yo, I'll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it
VANILLA ICE
E A Blues
Well, my momma met my daddy down in Alabama
They tied the knot so here I am
Born on the bayou on the Texas Line
Loved in Louisiana and raised on Jambalaya
Now before I could walk, I had a guitar in my hand
By the time I could talk, I had my own band
I went on the road when I was eight years old
When I turned fifteen, I was stealing the show
Money to burn and the girls were pretty
It didn't take me long to learn that I was born to boogie
When I was eighteen, I went to Hollywood
I met Elvis, Marilyn and Johnny B. Goode
Got my guitar painted to dance the California Sun
A red Cadillac having to much fun
Now we were playing them halls and jammin'
Then back we moved it on over to M.G.M.
They said, "This is the boy we've been telling you about"
He lit a cigar and stuck his hand out
He said, "Son have, we got a deal for you"
"I'm gonna make you a star, give you fifty thousand, too"
I told him my momma didn't raise no fool
I'll take your money, I'll make you a movie
But I can tell ya right now, I was born to boogie
Well, my name is Bocephus, I drink a whiskey by the gallon
And I never back down and I love a good challenge
What I do now is what I did then
I like to get down with all my rowdy friends
Now I can be sweet and I can be mean
I still got my hat and I still wear my jeans
My shades are chrome, my guitar's steal
If you think I won't then believe me I will
Get down on you baby 'cause I ain't no rookie
I was put here to party and I was born to boogie
ECHO - Bb G F Eb | Eb Bb G F Bb
I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted one time to see you laughing
I only want to see you laughing
In the purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only want to see you bathing
In the purple rain
I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend, hey
Baby, I could never steal you from another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end
CHORUS
Honey, I know, I know, I know times are changing
It's time we all reach out for something new
That means you too
You say you want a leader
But you can't seem to make up your mind
And I think you better close it
And let me guide you to the purple rain
CHORUS
B (A2)
Jessie is a friend
Yeah, I know, he's been a good friend of mine
But lately something's changed that ain't hard to define
Jessie's got himself a girl and I want to make her mine
And she's watching him with those eyes
And she's loving him with that body, I just know it
Yeah, and he's holding her in his arms late, late at night
You know, I wish that I had
Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman like that?
I'll play along with the charade
There doesn't seem to be a reason to change
You know, I feel so dirty when they start talking cute
I wanna tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot
'Cause she's watching him with those eyes
And she's loving him with that body, I just know it
And he's holding her in his arms late, late at night
You know, I wish that I had
Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman like that?
Like Jessie's girl
I wish that I had Jessie's girl
Where can I find a woman-
Where can I find a woman like that?
And I'm looking in the mirror all the time
Wonderin' what she don't see in me
I've been funny, I've been cool with the lines
Ain't that the way love's supposed to be?
Tell me, where can I find a woman like that?
CHORUS
A5 E5 | E7 E5 A5 E3 | A8 E6 E8 E6
I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five and dime
Played it 'til my fingers bled Was the summer of '69
Me and some guys from school Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married I should've known we'd never get far
E7 E5 A5 E3
Oh, when I look back now That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
Ain't no use in complainin' When you got a job to do
I spent my evenings down at the drive-in And that's when I met you, yeah!
PC/CH
Standin' on your mama's porch You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh, and when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69, oh
A8 E6 E8 E6
Man, we were killin' time We were young and restless
We needed to unwind I guess nothing can last forever
Forever, no
And now the times are changin' Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
PC/CH
F Bb G C
Met a girl, thought she was grand Fell in love, found out first hand
Went well for a week or two Then it all came unglued
In a trap, trip I can't grip Never thought I'd be the one who'd slip
Then I started to realize I was living one big lie
She fucking hates me Trust, she fucking hates me
La, la, la love
I tried too hard, and she tore my feelings like I had none
And ripped them away
She was queen for about an hour After that, shit got sour
She took all I ever had No sign of guilt Not feeling bad, no
CHORUS
That's my story as you see Learned my lesson and so did she
Now it's over, and I'm glad'Cause I'm a fool for all I've said
CHORUS
A-D A-D A-D-E
You see that mountain over there? Yeah?
One of these days, I'm gonna climb that mountain
Oh, play me some mountain music
Like grandma and grandpa used to play
Then I'll float on down the river
To a Cajun hideaway
Drift away like Tom Sawyer
Ride a raft with ol' Huck Finn
Take a nap like Rip Van Winkle
Daze dreamin' again
Oh, play me some mountain music
Like grandma and grandpa used to play
Then I'll float on down the river
To a Cajun hideaway
Swim across the river
Just to prove that I'm a man
Spend the day bein' lazy
Just bein' nature's friend
Climb a long tall hick'ry
Bend it over, skinnin' cats
Playin' baseball with chert rocks
Usin' sawmill slabs for bats
Play some back-home, come-on music
That comes from the heart
Play somethin' with lots of feelin'
'Cause that's where music has to start
Oh, play me some mountain music
Like grandma and grandpa used to play
Then I'll float on down the river
To a Cajun hideaway, hey, hey!
Oh, play me mountain music
Oh, play me mountain music
Oh, play me mountain music
Oh, play (yee-haw!)
D G - 95 BPM
Early in the morning, risin' to the street
Light me up that cigarette and I'll strap shoes on my feet
Got to find the reason, reason things went wrong
Got to find a reason why my money's all gone
I got a Dalmatian and I can still get high
I can play the guitar like a motherfuckin' riot
Well, life is too short, so love the one you got
'Cause you might get run over or you might get shot
Never start no static, I just get it off my chest
Never had to battle with no bulletproof vest
Take a small example, take a tip from me
Take all of your money, give it all to charity
Love is what I got, it's within my reach
And the Sublime style's still straight from Long Beach
It all comes back to you, you're bound to get what you deserve
Try and test that, you're bound to get served
Love's what I got, don't start a riot
You'll feel it when the dance gets hot
Lovin' is what I got I said, remember that
Lovin' is what I got And remember that
Lovin' is what I got I said, remember that
Lovin' is what I got (I got, I got, I got)
Why I don't cry when my dog runs away
I don't get angry at the bills I have to pay
I don't get angry when my mom smokes pot
Hits the bottle and goes right to the rock
Fuckin' and fightin', it's all the same
Living with Louie Dog's the only way to stay sane
Let the lovin', let the lovin' come back to me
CHORUS
94 BPM
You've got your hair permed
You've got your red dress on
Screamin' that second gear was such a turn on
And the fog forming on my window tells me that the morning's here
And you'll be gone before too long
Who taught you those new tricks?
Damn I shouldn't start that talk,
But life is one big question when your starin' at the clock
And the answers always waiting at the liquor store, forty ounce to freedom
So I take that walk
And I know that oh, I'm not comin' back
Oh not going back
Oh God knows not going back
Oh not goin'
And you look so fine, when you lie, it just don't show,
But I know which way the wind blows
A forty ounce to freedom is the only chance I have to feel good
Even though I feel bad
Chorus
C E
We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight, and yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find, and yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can't be my own
I'd feel better dead
GCD
I was gonna clean my room until I got high
I was gonna get up and find the broom but then I got high
My room is still messed up and I know why (why man?)
'Cause I got high Because I got high Because I got high
I was gonna go to class before I got high
I could'a cheated and I could'a Passed but I got high (uh uh la la da da)
I'm takin' it next semester and I know why (why man?) (hey hey)
I was gonna go to work but then I got high (ohh, ohh)
I just got a new promotion but I got high (la da da da da)
Now I'm selling dope and I know why (why man?)
I was gonna go to court before I got high
I was gonna pay my child support but then I got high (no you wasn't)
They took my whole paycheck and I know why (why man?)(yeah eh eh)
I wasn't gonna run from the cops but I was high (uh, I'm serious man)
I was gonna pull right over and stop but I was high (uh)
Now I'm a paraplegic (ha ha ha) and I know why (why man?)
I was gonna pay my car and note until I got high (say what say what?)
I wasn't gonna gamble on the boat but then I got high (uh uh)
Now the tow truck is pullin' away and I know why (why man)
I was gonna make love to you but then I got high (ooh) (I'm serious)
I was gonna eat your pussy too (ohhh) but then I got high
Now I'm jackin' off (ahh) and I Know why (turn this shit off, ha ha ha)
I messed up my entire life because I got high (go go go)
I lost my kids and wife because I Got high (say what say what say what?)
Now I'm sleepin' on the side walk and I know why (why man?) (Yeah yeah)
I'ma stop singing this song because I'm high (raise the ceiling... baby)
I'm singing this whole thing wrong because I'm high (bring it back)
And if I don't sell one copy, I'll know why (why man?) (yeah eh eh)
Am G F
This is the greatest and best song in the world...Tribute.
Long time ago me and my brother Kyle here,
We was hitchhiking down a long and lonesome road.
All of a sudden, There shined a shiny demon,
In the middle of the road, And he said!
Play the best song in the world, or I'll eat your souls...
Well me and Kyle, We looked at each other, And we each said, Okay.
And we played the first thing that came to our heads, Just so happened to be
The best song in the world, It was the best song in the world.
Look into my eyes and it's easy to see
One and one makes two, two and one makes three, It was destiny.
DFCGF
Once every hundred thousand years or so When the sun doth shine
And the moon doth glow and the grass doth grow.
Needless to say, The beast was stunned.
Whip-crack went his whippy tail, And the beast was done.
He asked us, Be you angels? And we said nay, We are but men, Rock!
This is not the greatest song in the world, no.
This is just a tribute!
Couldn't remember the greatest song in the world, yeah - no!
This is a tribute!
To the greatest song in the world, Alright!
It was the greatest song in the world, Alright!
And it is the best motherfuckin' song, the greatest song in the world oh! (stairway)
(stairway)
There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold…and she’s buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows if the stores are all closed
with a word she can get what she came for
Ohh and it makes me wonder…
And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls
There walks a lady we all know, who shines white light and wants to show
This is just a tribute! You gotta believe me, And I wish you were there Just a matter of opinion. Ah, ah, oh! Good God, Gotta love him, I'm so surprised to find ya can't stop it
This is just a tribute!
I'm an ocean in your bedroom
Make you feel warm Make you want to reassume
Now we know it all for sure
I'm a dancehall, dirty break beat
Make the snow fall up from underneath your feet
I'm a meth lab, first rehab
Take it all off and step inside the running cab
There's a love that knows the way
I'm the rainbow in your jail cell
All the memories of everything you've ever smelled
Oh (sideways falling, more will be revealed, my friend)
Don't forget me, I can't hide it (sideways falling)
Come again, get me excited (more will be revealed, my friend)
I'm an inbred and a pothead
Two legs that you spread inside the tool shed
Now we know it all for sure
I could show you to the free field
Overcome and more will always be revealed
CHORUS
Don't forget me, I can't hide it (sideways falling)
There's a match, now let me light it (more will be revealed, my friend)
I'm the bloodstain on your shirt sleeve
Coming down and more, coming to believe
Now we know it all for sure
Make the hair stand up on your arm
Teach you how to dance inside the funny farm
Not alone, I'll be there
Tell me when you want to go
I'll be there, tell me when you want to go
Come again, and tell me when you want to go
More will be revealed my friend
Hello I've waited here for you Everlong
Tonight, I throw myself into And out of the red
Out of her head, she sang
Come down and waste away with me Down with me
Slow, how you wanted it to be I'm over my head
Out of her head, she sang
And I wonder When I sing along with you
If everything could ever be this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when She sang
Breathe out So I can breathe you in
Hold you in And now
I know you've always been
Out of your head Out of my head, I sang
And I wonder When I sing along with you
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when
She sang
And I wonder x2
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when
A D A E
Where it began, I can't begin to knowing
But then I know it's growing strong
Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who'd have believed you'd come along
A A6 E D E
Hands, touching hands
Reaching out, touching me, touching you
A D (D C# F#) D E
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined D C#m Bm
To believe they never would But now I
A D A E
Look at the night and it don't seem so lonely
We filled it up with only two
And when I hurt
Hurting runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when holding you
A A6 E D E
One, touching one
Reaching out, touching me, touching you
A D (D C# F#) D E
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
D C#m Bm
Oh no, no
A D (D C# F#) D E
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Sweet Caroline
I believe they never could
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
G D Am C
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye"
Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana, goodbye
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez
CHORUS
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather homicide, children of thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, space monkey, mafia
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U2, Syngman Rhee, Payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
CHORUS
Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK – blown away, what else do I have to say?
CHORUS
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shore, China's under martial law
Rock and roller, cola wars, I can't take it anymore
A G F#/D E
How many special people change? How many lives are livin' strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
Slowly walkin' down the hall Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?
Someday you will find me Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Someday you will find me Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky
Wake up the dawn and ask her why A dreamer dreams she never dies
Wipe that tear away now from your eye
Slowly walkin' down the hall Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?
CHORUS
'Cause people believe That they're gonna get away for the summer
But you and I, we live and die The world's still spinnin' 'round, we don't know why
Why, why, why, why
How many special people change? How many lives are livin' strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
Slowly walkin' down the hall Faster than a cannonball
Where were you while we were getting high?
CHORUS
3 7 8 8m
When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so fuckin' special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here
I don't care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I'm not around
So fuckin' special
I wish I was special
Chorus
She's running out the door (run)
She's running out
She run, run, run, run
Run
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fuckin' special
I wish I was special
Chorus
G C D
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
E D C G
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
E G E G E D G
It's something unpredictable
But in the end, it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
G C D
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
E D C G
Tattoos of memories, and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while
CHORUS
B A
Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creeping with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt-naked Banging on the bathroom floor
How could I forget that I had Given her an extra key
All this time she was standing there She never took her eyes off me
How-a you can give your woman access to your villa?
Trespass and a-witness while you clinging to your pillow
You better watch your back before she turn into a killer
Let's review the situation that you caught up in a
To be a true player you have to know how to play
If she stay a night, convince her stay a day
Never admit to a word when she say
And if she claim you tell her, "ah Baby, no way"
But she caught me on the counter (It wasn't me)
Saw me bangin' on the sofa (It wasn't me)
I even had her in the shower (It wasn't me)
She even caught me on camera (It wasn't me)
She saw the marks on my shoulder (It wasn't me)
Heard the words that I told her (It wasn't me)
Heard the scream get louder (It wasn't me)
She stayed until it was over
CHORUS
Make sure she knows it's not you and give her no right to vex
Whenever you should see her make the gigolo flex
Somebody else as it be by you, well it's not that complex
Seeing is believing so you better change your specs
You know she gonna bring about the things up from the past
All the little evidence you better know to mask
Quick upon your answer: go over there
But if she pack a gun you know you better run fast
PRE CHORUS/CHORUS
Gonna tell her that I'm sorry For the pain that I've caused
I've been listening to your reasonin' It makes no sense at all
We should tell her that I'm sorry For the pain that I've caused
You may think that you're a player But you're completely lost
CHORUS
D A D/D7
Nibblin' on sponge cake Watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered in oil
Strummin' my six-string On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp hey they're beginnin' to boil
G A D D7
Wasted away again in Margaritaville
G A D D7
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
G A D-A-G
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
A D
But I know it's nobody's fault
I don't know the reason I stayed here all season
Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo
But it's a real beauty A Mexican cutie
How it got here I haven't a clue
CHORUS
I blew out my flip-flop
Stepped on a pop-top
Broke my leg twice I had to limp on back home
But there's booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on
CHORUS
C D# G# G (164 or 82bpm) #39
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (ooh yeah)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do (ooh baby)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me (you make me)
You make me (REPEAT)
Before anything began between us
You were like my best friend
The one I used to run and talk to
When me and my girl was having problems (that's right)
You used to say it'll be ok
Suggest little nice things I should do (uh-huh)
And when I go home at night and lay my head down
All I seem to think about was you
CHORUS
Now what's bad is you're the one that hooked us up
Knowing it should have been you
What's sad is that I love her but I'm falling for you (uh-huh)
What should I do?
Should I tell my baby bye-bye?
Should I do exactly what I feel inside?
'Cause, I, I don't wanna go, don't need to stay
But I really need to get it together
CHORUS
At this point the situation's out of control (say what?)
I never meant to hurt her
But I gotta let her go (gotta let her go)
And she may not understand it
While all of this is going on
I tried, I tried to fight it
But the feeling's just too strong
EA(B) | EABrunC#G#
Her name is Noelle I have a dream about her
She rings my bell I got gym class in half an hour
Oh, how she rocks In Keds and tube socks
But she doesn't know who I am And she doesn't give a damn about me
'Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby Yeah, I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
Listen to Iron Maiden, baby, with me, ooh
Her boyfriend's a dick And he brings a gun to school
And he'd simply kick My ass if he knew the truth
He lives on my block And he drives an IROC
But he doesn't know who I am And he doesn't give a damn about me
CHORUS
Oh, yeah, dirtbag No, she doesn't know what she's missin'
Oh, yeah, dirtbag No, she doesn't know what she's missin'..
Man, I feel like mold It's prom night and I am lonely
Lo and behold She's walkin' over to me
This must be fake My lip starts to shake
How does she know who I am? And why does she give a damn about me?
I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden, baby Come with me Friday, don't say maybe
I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby, like you, ooh
Oh, yeah, dirtbag No, she doesn't know what she's missin'
Oh, yeah, dirtbag No, she doesn't know what she's missin'..
E C# G# A
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimming
I was swimming in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rock
Except the little fish
Bump into me, swear he's
Tryin' a talk to me, say he’s a coy coi
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimming
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimming
Am-Em-G-Am | Em-Dm-Am
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long
Anytime she's goes away
Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away
And I know, I know, I know, I know
Hey I oughta leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone, woh woh
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Only darkness every day
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away x3
Don't push me out Just a little longer
Stall your mother Disregard your father's words
Close the laundry door Tiptoe across the floor
Keep your clothes on I've got all that I can take
Teach me how to use The love that people say you made
Stop your parents' car I just saw a shooting star
We can wish upon it We won't share the wish we made
But I can't keep no secrets I wish that you would always stay
Last night I dreamt the whole night long I woke with a head full of songs
I spent the whole day I wrote 'em down, but it's a shame
Tonight I'll burn the lyrics 'Cause every chorus was your name
Break this tired old routine (Break this tired old routine)
And this time don't make me leave (And this time don't make me leave)
I am a breathing time machine (I am a breathing time machine)
I'll take you all for a ride (I'll take you all)
I am a breathing time machine (I am a breathing time machine)
I'll take you all for a ride (I'll take you all for a ride)
Break this tired old routine (I am a breathing time machine)
And this time don't make me leave (Leave)
Open D - Capo 2
[Verse 1]
It's empty in the valley of your heart. The sun, it rises slowly as you walk.
Away from all the fearsAnd all the faults you've left behind
The harvest left no food for you to eat You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same I know the shame in your defeat
But I will hold on hope And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I'll find strength in pain And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again
'Cause I have other things to fill my time You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth Which will refresh my broken mind
So tie me to a post and block my ears
(I can see) widows and orphans through my tears
(I know my call) despite my faults And despite my growing fears
CHORUS
So come out of your cave walking on your hands And see the world hanging upside down
(You can understand) dependence When you know the maker's land
So make your siren's call And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say 'Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how To live my life as it's meant to be
CHORUS
C A# D# | Fh D# C
I'm not the one who's so far away
When I feel the snakebite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again
And I don't remember why I came
Candles raise my desire
Why I'm so far away?
No more meaning to my life
No more reason to stay
Freezing feeling
Breathe in, breathing
I'm coming back again
CHORUS
Hazing clouds rain on my head
Empty thoughts fill my ears
Find my shade by the moonlight
Why my thoughts aren't so clear?
Demons dreaming
Breathe in, breathin'
I'm coming back again
CHORUS
Voodoo, voodoo
Voodoo, voodoo
Voodoo, voodoo
Voodoo, voodoo
so far away
CHORUS
Voodoo, voodoo
Voodoo, voodoo
Voodoo, voodoo
Voodoo, voodoo
so far away
CHORUS
C F C G
Well I came home Like a stone And I fell heavy into your arms
These days of dust Which we've known Will blow away with this new sun …
Am G C F G
But I'll kneel down Wait for now And I'll kneel down
Know my ground
C E G
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
C F C G
So break my step And relent
You forgave and I won't forget
Know what we've seen And him with less
Now in some way Shake the excess
C E G
'Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
C F C G
Now I'll be bold As well as strong
And use my head alongside my heart
So take my flesh And fix my eyes
A tethered mind free from the lies
Am G C F G
And I'll kneel down Wait for now
I'll kneel down Know my ground, woo
Raise my hands Paint my spirit gold
And bow my head Keep my heart slow
'Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
Three thirty in the morning not a soul in sight
The city's lookin' like a ghost town on a moonless summer night
Raindrops on the windshield There's a storm movin' in
He's headin' back from somewhere that he never should have been
And the thunder rolls And the thunder rolls
Every light is burnin' In a house across town
She's pacin' by the telephone In her faded flannel gown
Askin' for a miracle Hopin' she's not right
Prayin' it's the weather That's kept him out all night
And the thunder rolls And the thunder rolls
The thunder rolls And the lightnin' strikes
Another love grows cold On a sleepless night
As the storm blows on Out of control
Deep in her heart The thunder rolls
She's waitin' by the window When he pulls into the drive
She rushes out to hold him Thankful he's alive
But on the wind and rain A strange new perfume blows
And the lightnin' flashes in her eyes And he knows that she knows
And the thunder rolls And the thunder rolls
The thunder rolls And the lightnin' strikes
Another love grows cold On a sleepless night
As the storm blows on Out of control
Deep in her heart the thunder rolls
D A
Well, my buckle makes impressions on the inside of her thigh
G
There are little feathered Indians where we tussled through the night
D A
If I'd known she was religious then I wouldn't have came stoned
G
To the house of such an angel too fucked up to get back home
[Interlude]
D A G
[Verse 2]
D A
Lookin' over West Virginia, smoking spirits on the roof
G
She asked ain't anybody told ya that them things are bad for you
D A
I said many folks have warned me, there's been several people try
G
But up till now there ain't been nothing that I couldn't leave behind
[Chorus]
A7 G
Hold me close, my dear
A7 G
Sing your whisperin' song
A7 G
softly in my ear
A7 G
and I will sing along
Bm A G
Honey, tell me how your love runs true
Bm A G
and how I can always count on you
A
to be there when the bullets fly
G G G D
I'd run across the river just to hold you tonight
[Interlude]
D A G x2
[Verse 3]
D A
Well, my heart is sweatin' bullets from the circles it has raced
G
Like a little feathered Indian calling out the clouds for rain
D A
I go runnin' through the thicket, I go careless through the thorns
G
just to hold her for a minute, though it'd leave me wanting more
[Chorus]
A7 G
Hold me close, my dear
A7 G
Sing your whisperin' song
A7 G
softly in my ear
A7 G
and I will sing along
Bm A G
Honey, tell me how your love runs true
Bm A G
and how I can always count on you
A
to be there when the bullets fly
G G G D
I'd run across the river just to hold you tonight
[Outro]
D A G x2
Bm
F-C-G-Am
I could never pretend that I don't love you.
You could never pretend that I'm your man.
That's exactly the way that I want it.
That's exactly the way that I am.
And you call me in the morning with your troubles
Takin' it downtown every night
I could never place the stars at night above ya.
I got my hands on the ground,
And you know I'm right.
You wait so long
You wait so long
You wait so long
You wait so long
It's a coffee stained earth ever time it happens.
Liven up honey it ain't that bad.
Any afterthought rose to recognition
Like every other coffin that I had
And your Buick broke down in Winnemucca,
Fall to your knees and you pray to the lord
Then you take up hope at the politicians:
Nothing happens in this burnt out town anymore.
Chorus
And your hollows on like a frozen freight train
You know that I help you if I can
But I'm just a raindrop in a river
Just a little itty-bitty grain of sand
And you know that I'm doomed to repeat this
With all the bad habits that I've learned
But it's better than your fiber 'n fornication
And all the dirty money that you earn.
Chorus x2
Come out come out No use in hiding
Come now come now Can you not see?
There's no place here What were you expecting
Not room for both Just room for me
So you will lay your arms down
Yes I will call this home
Away away You have been banished
Your land is gone And given me
And here I will spread my wings
Yes I will call this home
Bm
What's this you say?
You feel a right to remain?
Then stay and I will bury you
What's that you say
Your father's spirit still lives in this place
I will silence you
Here's the hitch Your horse is leaving
Don't miss your boat It's leaving now
And as you go I will spread my wings
Yes I will call this home
Bm
I have no time to justify to you
Fool, you're blind, move aside for me
All I can say to you my new neighbor
Is you must move on or I will bury you
Now as I rest my feet by this fire Those hands once warmed here
I have retired them I can breathe my own air I can sleep more soundly
BmUpon these poor souls I'll build heaven and call it home
Cause you're all dead now
I live with my justice I live with my greedy need
I live with no mercy I live with my frenzied feeding
I live with my hatred I live with my jealousy
I live with the notion That I don't need anyone but me
Don't drink the water Don't drink the water
There's blood in the water Don't drink the water
Every breath you take And every move you make
Every bond you break Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day And every word you say
Every game you play Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
Seems like yesterday we used to rock the show
I laced the track, you locked the flow
So far from hangin' on the block for dough
Notorious, they got to know that
Life ain't always what it seem to be (uh-uh)
Words can't express what you mean to me
Even though you're gone, we still a team
Through your family, I'll fulfill your dream (that's right)
In the future, can't wait to see
If you open up the gates for me
Reminisce some time, the night they took my friend (uh-huh)
Try to black it out, but it plays again
When it's real, feelings hard to conceal
Can't imagine all the pain I feel
Give anything to hear half your breath (half your breath)
I know you still living your life, after death
It's kinda hard with you not around (yeah)
CHORUS
Know you in Heaven smilin' down (uh) Watchin' us while we pray for you
Every day, we pray for you 'Til the day we meet again
In my heart is where I'll keep you, friend
Memories give me the strength I need (uh-huh) to proceed
Strength I need to believe
My thoughts Big I just can't define (can't define)
Wish I could turn back the hands of time
Us in the six, shop for new clothes and kicks You and me taking flicks
Makin' hits, stages they receive you on
Still can't believe you're gone (can't believe you're gone)
Give anything to hear half your breath (half your breath)
I know you still living your life, after death
Oh, can't you see You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches With every step you take?
CHORUS
Capo 4 D A F# G | A G D G
Well, in the town where I was raised
The clock ticks and the cattle graze
Time passed with amazing grace
Back where I come from
You can lie on a riverbank
Or paint your name on a water tank
Or miscount all the beers you drank
Back where I come from
Back where I come from
Where I'll be when it's said and done
And I'm proud as anyone
That's where I come from
We learned in the Sunday school
Who made the sun shine through
I know who made the moonshine, too
Back where I come from
Blue eyes on a Saturday night
Tanned legs in the broad daylight
TVs, they were black and white
Back where I come from
CHORUS
Some say it's a backward place
Narrow minds on a narrow wage
But I make it a point to say
That's where I come from
That's where I come from
Where I'll be when it's said and done
And I'm proud as anyone
That's where I come from
Back where I come from
I'm an old Minnesotan
(And I'm proud) And I'm proud as anyone
That's where I come from
Satellite in my eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How I wonder
Satellite strung from the moon
And the world your balloon
Peeping Tom for the mother station
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down, all around, hey satellite
Satellite headlines read
Someone's secrets you've seen
Eyes and ears have been
Satellite dish in my yard
Tell me more, tell me more
Who's the king of your Satellite Castle?
Chorus
Rest high above the clouds no restriction
Television we bounce round the world
And while I spend these hours
Five senses reeling
I laugh about the weatherman's satellite eyes
Satellite in my eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How I wonder
Satellite strung from the moon
And the world your balloon
Peeping Tom for the mother station
Chorus
Rest high above the clouds no restriction
Television we bounce round the world
And while I spend these hours
Five senses reeling
I laugh about the weatherman's satellite eyes
EDA - EGA
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down. I had the radio on, I was drivin'
Trees went by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway. I was flyin'
Running' down a dream that never would come to me
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
Runnin' down a dream
I felt so good, like anything was possible. Hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes
The last three days the rain was unstoppable. It was always cold, no sunshine.
CHORUS
Back in black. I hit the sack
I've been too long, I'm glad to be back
Yes, I'm let loose. From the noose that's kept me hanging about
I've been looking at the sky 'Cause it's gettin' me high
Forget the hearse 'cause I never die
I got nine lives Cat's eyes Abusin' every one of them and running wild
Cause I'm Back
AEB(a)B (x2)
GDAGA (x2)
AEBAB (x2)
G-D
Back in the back Of a Cadillac
Number one with a bullet, I'm a power pack
Yes, I'm in a bang With a gang
They've got to catch me if they want me to hang
'Cause I'm back on the track And I'm beatin' the flack
Nobody's gonna get me on another rap
So look at me now I'm just makin' my play
Don't try to push your luck, just get out of my way
Cause I'm Back
AEB(a)B (x2)
GDAGA (x2)
AEBAB (x2)
G-D
WooHoo (x2)
91 BPM
I don't practice Santeria, I ain't got no crystal ball
Well, I had a million dollars but I'd, I'd spend it all
If I could find that Heina and that Sancho that she's found
Well, I'd pop a cap in Sancho and I'd slap her down
What I really want to know Ah, baby, mm
What I really want to say I can't define
Well it's love that I need
Oh, my soul will have to
Wait 'til I get back and find
Heina of my own
Daddy's gonna love one and all
I feel the break, feel the break
Feel the break and I got to live it up, oh yeah huh
Well, I swear that I, well I really want to know
Ah, baby, what I really want to say, I can't define
That love, make it go, my soul will have to
Solo
Ooh, what I really want to say, ah baby
What I really want to say, is I've got mine
And I'll make it, yes, I'm going up
Tell Sanchito that if he knows what is good for him
He best go run and hide
Daddy's got a new .45
And I won't think twice to stick that barrel straight down Sancho's throat
Believe me when I say that I got something for his punk ass
CHORUS
Capo 4 E B A | Run Down
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watching the puddles gather rain
And all I can doIs just pour some tea for two
And speak my point of view But it's not sane
It's not sane X3
I just want someone to say to me Oh, oh, oh, oh
I'll always be there when you wake, yeah, yeah
I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today, hey
So stay with me and I'll have it made (I'll have it made)
And I don't understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that there's no rain
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape
Escape X3
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
You don't like my point of view and I'm insane
It's not sane X3
CHORUS (Repeat last line end)
C#m E C#m E C#m F# E
Lay down your arms
And surrender to me
Oh, lay down your arms
And love me peacefully
Yeah
E G# A B E
Use your arms for squeezing
Pleasing the one who loves you so
Oh, there ain't no reason
For you to declare a war
I'm the one who loves you so
So forget the other Boys
'Cause my love is real
Come off your battlefield
C#m E C#m E C#m F# E
Lay down your arms
And surrender to me
Yeah
Lay down your arms
And love me peacefully, yeah
E G# A B E
Use your arms to squeezing and pleasing
That's the way it's got to be
The weapons that you're usin'
Are hurtin' me bad
But someday you're gonna retreat
'Cause my love, baby, is the truest you ever had
I'm a soldier of love, that's hard to beat
C#m E C#m E C#m F# E
Lay down your arms
And surrender to me
Lay down your arms
And love me peacefully
E G# A B E
Use your arms to hold me tight
Baby, I don't want to fight no more
Use your arms to hold me tight
Baby, I don't want to fight no more
Baby, lay down your arms
Oh baby, lay down your arms
Bet your eyes girl Be other-worldly
Count your blessings Seduce a stranger
What's so wrong with being happy?
Kudos to those who see through sickness, yeah
Over and over And over and over And over
She woke in the morning
She knew that her life had passed her by
And she called out a warning
"Don't ever let life pass you by"
I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal
When will we learn? (When will we learn?)
When will we change? (When will we change?)
Just in time to see it all come down
Those left standing Will make millions
Writing books on the way It should have been
Chorus
Floating in this cosmic jacuzzi
We are like frogs oblivious
To the water starting to boil
No one flinches, we all float face down
Chorus
Can't stop, addicted to the shindig Chop Top, he says I'm gonna win big
Choose not a life of imitation Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunkt the pistol that you pay for This punk, the feeling that you stay for
In time, I want to be your best friend East Side love is living on the West End
Knocked out, but boy, you better come to Don't die, you know, the truth is some do
Go write your message on the pavement Burn so bright, I wonder what the wave meant
White heat is screaming in the jungle Complete the motion if you stumble
Go ask the dust for any answers Come back strong with 50 belly dancers
The world I love, the tears I drop To be part of the wave, can't stop
Ever wonder if it's all for you?
The world I love, the trains I hop To be part of the wave, can't stop
Come and tell me when it's time to
Sweetheart is bleeding in the snow coneSo smart, she's leading me to ozone
Music the great communicator Use two sticks to make it in the nature
I'll get you into penetration The gender of a generation
The birth of every other nation Worth your weight, the gold of meditation
This chapter's going to be a close one Smoke rings, I know you're going to blow one
All on a spaceship, persevering Use my hands for everything but steering
Can't stop the spirits when they need you Mop tops are happy when they feed you
J. Butterfly is in the treetop Birds that blow the meaning into bebop
CHORUS
Wait a minute, I'm passing out, win or lose Just like you
Far more shocking than anything I ever knew How about you?
Ten more reasons why I need somebody new Just like you
Far more shocking than anything I ever knew Right on cue
V1-2
Kick-start the golden generator Sweet talk but don't intimidate her
Can't stop the gods from engineeringFeel no need for any interfering
Your image in the dictionary This life is more than ordinary
Can I get two, maybe even three of these? Come from space to teach you of the Pleiades
Can't stop the spirits when they need you This life is more than just a read-through
I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy, happy
I wish you were here
I lay my head onto the sand
The sky resembles a back-lit canopy with holes punched in it
I'm counting UFOs, I signal them with my lighter
And in this moment I am happy, happy
I wish you were here
Oh yeah, the world's a roller-coaster and I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care, but my hands are busy in the air
Saying
I wish you were here
I took my love, I took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
'Til the landslide brought me down
Oh, mirror in the sky What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Oh! I'm getting older too
Oh-oh, take my love, take it down
Oh-oh, climb a mountain and you turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well, the landslide bring it down
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well, the landslide bring it down
Oh-ohh, the landslide bring it down
A G | F E
She was living in a single room with three other individuals
One of them was male and the other two
Well, the other two were females
God only knows what they were up to in there
And further more Susan, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn
That all four of them habitually smoked marijuana cigarettes, reefers
I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joints at night
I smoke two joints in the afternoon
It makes me feel all right
I smoke two joints in time of peace
And two in time of war
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
And then I smoke two more
Smoked cigarettes 'til the day she died
Toke a big spliff of some good sensimilla
Smoked cigarettes 'til the day she died
Toke a big spliff of some good sensamill
Easy E were ya ever caught slippin'?
Hell no
Daddy he once told me
"Son, you be hard workin' man"
And momma she once told me
"Son you do the best you can"
But then one day I met a man
Who came to me and said, again
"Hard work good and hard work fine"
"But first take care of head"
82 BPM A G
We took this trip to Garden Grove
It smelt like Lou Dog inside the van, oh yeah
This ain't no funky reggae party, five dollars at the door
It gets so real sometime, who wrote my rhyme?
I've got the microwave, got the VCR
I got the deuce-deuce in the trunk of my car, oh yeah
If you only knew all the love that I've found
It's hard to keep my soul on the ground
You're a fool
Don't fuck around with my dog
All that I can see, I steal; I fill up my garage
'Cause in my mind
Music from Jamaica, all the love that I found
Pull over, there's a reason why my soul's unsound
It's you
It's that shit stuck under my shoe
It's that smell inside the van
It's my bed sheet covered with sand
Sittin' through a shitty band
Gettin' dog shit on my hands
Gettin' hassled by the man
Wakin' up to an alarm
Stickin' needles in your arm
Pickin' up trash on the freeway
Feelin' depressed every da
Leaving without making a sound
Pickin' my dog up at the pound
Livin' in a tweeker pad
Gettin' yelled at by my dad
Sayin' I'm happy when I'm not
Findin' roaches in the pot
All these things I do
They're waiting for you
Capo 3 Em-G-C E-D-C
C-G
The clouds move over Pontiac skies
Their silent thunder matches mine
I know this feeling from long ago G-Em-C-D
I wondered was it gone, but now I know
Em-D-C
So when she calls, don't send her my way
When it hurts, you'll know it's the right thing
Em-G-C
Michigan's in the rear-view now
Keep your hands, where I could see 'em
It took the words right out my mouth
When you knew that I would need 'em
What am I supposed to do now?
Without you
C-G
It's unannounced, like you'd expect it
I'm on broke down brake lines and Motown records
And all that's left is a blind reflection G-Em-C-D
But you know what's coming and you regret it
Pre/Chorus
Pre/Chorus
G Em C D
Oh, where oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
We were out on a date in my daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far
There in the road, straight ahead
A car was stalled, the engine was dead
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
I'll never forget, the sound that night
The screamin' tires, the bustin' glass
The painful scream, that I heard last
Chorus
When I woke up, the rain was pourin' down
There were people standing all around
Something warm flowin' through my eyes
But somehow I found my baby that night
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said
"Hold me darling, just a little while"
I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss
I found the love, that I knew I had missed
And now she's gone, even though I hold her tight
I lost my love, my life that night
Chorus
G D C
She sits alone by a lamp post
Tryin' to find the thought that's escaped her mind
She says, "Dad's the one I love the most
But Stipe's not far behind"
She never lets me in, only tells me where she's been
When she's had too much to drink
I say that I don't care, I just run my hands through her dark hair
Then I pray to God you gotta help me fly away
C G C Em C G D
And just let her cry if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing if it eases all her pain
Let her go, let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow, let her be, let her be
This morning I woke up alone, found a note standing by the phone
Sayin', "Maybe, maybe I'll be back someday"
I wanted to look for you
You walked in, I didn't know just what I should do
So I sat back down and had a beer and felt sorry for myself
CHORUS
Last night I tried to leave, cried so much I could not believe
She was the same girl I fell in love with long ago
She went in the back to get high
I sat down on my couch and cried, yellin'
"Oh, mama, please help me"
Won't you hold my hand and
CHORUS 2
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later, it's over
I just don't wanna miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know, you're alive
Chorus
G C G D
The longest train I ever saw Went down that Georgia line
The engine passed at six o'clock And the cab passed by at nine
In the pines, in the pines Where the sun never shines
And we shiver when the cold wind blows
Who who hoo hoo hoo, who who hoo hoo hoo
I asked my captain for the time of day
He said he throwed his watch away
A long steel rail and a short cross tie
I'm on my way back home
CHORUS
Little girl, little girl, what have I done
That makes you treat me so?
You caused me to weep, you caused me to mourn
You caused me to leave my home
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And we shiver when the cold wind blows
Who who hoo hoo hoo, who who hoo hoo hoo
G-A-D X2
G-A-Bm-A-G-Em-G-A-G-D
She'd trade Colorado if he'd take her with him
Closes the door before the winter lets the cold in,
And wonders if her love is strong enough to make him stay,
She's answered by the tail lights shining through the window pane
G-D (A)
He said I wanna see you again. But I'm stuck in colder weather
Maybe tomorrow will be better. Can I call you then
(CB)She said you're ramblin' man. You ain't ever gonna change
You gotta gypsy soul to blame. And you were born for leavin'
At a truck stop diner just outside of Lincoln,
The night as black as the coffee he was drinkin',
And in the waitress' eyes he sees the same 'ol light shinin',
He thinks of Colorado
And the girl he left behind him
[Chorus] GO!
Em-D/F#-A-Bm-G-D/F#-A G-D (A)
Well, it's a winding road When you're in the lost and found
You're a lover, I'm a runner And we go 'round 'n 'round
And I love you but I leave you I don't want you but I need you
You know it's you who calls me back here, baby (VOCAL BREAK)
G G D G G D G G D A
[Chorus]
(N.C.) And when I close my eyes I see you
No matter where I am
I can smell your perfume through these whispering pines
I'm with your ghost again
It's a shame about the weather
I know soon we'll be together
And I can't wait till then
I can't wait till then
[D]
Under the water
It's cold and it's grey
My torrid autumn
Another season decays
Open up the hollow
And my walls come down
I tell you it's a problem
Just when no one's around, but then
I know what's wrong
God, you complicated everything
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will draw a line
I will draw my line
I'm burning my cathedrals
'Cause I don't pray anymore
Look at all of these people, tragic little people
They smile and then they don't know what for, but then
I know what's wrong
God, you complicated everything
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will blur my line
I will blur my line
Our houses are haunted, dark and deserted
They're made of my secrets and shame
Maybe I'm wanted but now I'm not worth it
I can't even tell you my name, but then
I know what's wrong
God, you complicated everything
I know you're wrong
God, you took it all away from me
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will cross my line
I am crossing my line
Capo 2 - D A G/DADG
It was seven hundred fence posts from your place to ours
Neither one of us was old enough to drive a car
Sometimes it was rainin', sometimes it would shine
We wore out that gravel road between your house and mine
I'd start walkin' your way, you'd start walkin' mine
We'd meet in the middle, 'neath that old Georgia pine
We'd gain a lot of ground, 'cause we'd both give a little
There ain't no road too long, when we meet in the middle
It's been seven years, tomorrow, since we said our vows
Under that old pine tree, you ought to see it now
Standin' in the backyard, remindin' me and you
That if we don't see eye-to-eye, there's somethin' we can do
CHORUS
Babe, I love the way we work it out
That's what love is all about
CHORUS
A-D-A-E-D-E-A
I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today, life is good today
Well, the plane touched down just about three o'clock
And the city's still on my mind
Bikinis and palm trees danced in my head
I was still in the baggage line
Concrete and cars are their own prison bars like this life I'm living in
But the plane brought me farther
I'm surrounded by water
And I'm not going back again
I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today, life is good today
D-A-E-A
Adiós and vaya con Dios Yeah I'm leaving GA
And if it weren't for Tequila and pretty senoritas
I'd have no reason to stay
Adiós and vaya con Dios Yeah I'm leaving GA
Gonna lay in the hot sun and roll a big fat one And grab my guitar and play
Four days flew by like a drunk Friday night As the summer drew to an end
They can't believe that I just couldn't leave And I bid adieu to my friends
My bartender she's from the islands Her body's been kissed by the sun
And coconut replaces the smell of the bar I don't know if it's her or the Rum
I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today, life is good today
D-A-E-A
Adiós and vaya con Dios A long way from GA
Yes and all the muchachas they call me Big Poppa When I throw pesos their way
Adiós and vaya con Dios A long way from GA
Someone do me a favor and pour me some Jäger And I'll grab my guitar and play
Adiós and vaya con Dios Going home now to stay
Senoritas don't care-o when there's no dineroYeah, I got no money to stay
Adiós and vaya con Dios Going home now to stay GO!
And put my ass in a lawn chair Toes in the clay
Not a worry in the world a PBR on the way Life is good today Life is good today
Bb (6)
This is it, it's time for you to go to the wire
You will hit cause you got the burnin' desire
It's your time (time), you got the horn so why don't you blow it
You are fine (fine), you're filthy cute and, baby, you know it
Cream, get on top
Cream, you will cop
Cream, don't you stop
Cream, sh-boogie bop
You're so good
Baby, there ain't nobody better (ain't nobody better)
So you should, never ever go by the letter (never ever)
You're so cool (cool), everything you do is success
Make the rules (rules)
Then break them all cause you are the best, yes you are
CHORUS
Do your dance, why should you wait any longer?
Take your chance, it could only make you stronger
It's your time (it's your time)
You got the horn so why don't you blow it
(Go on and blow it)
You're so fine (You're so fine)
You're filthy cute and, baby, you know it (you know it)
Come on
CHORUS
(A)
On the east side, that's where I met my Ramona
"I wanna go to a party, " that's what she said
Lonely, that's what I've been
Here's my telephone number call me
And to a party a house party
Whole lotta people just rally-round-me and love
She send a message of love
She said "I love up the way you move, I love the way you rap" bah bah
Ramona please step back
'Cause she's my Ruca, I'm barely waiting for my hiena
She moved from Long Beach down to LA
Right now she selling oranges by the freeway
I wanna know, Ramona am I the only one tell me
And she said "you're not the only one, but your the best Bradley" poh poh
And now I’m waiting for my Ruca
And I barely pulled up with my hiena
I know tonight I'll be behind her
Don't fuck around with my hiena
Bury all your secrets in my skin
Come away with innocence, and leave me with my sins
The air around me still feels like a cage
And love is just a camouflage for what resembles rage again
So if you love me, let me go
And run away before I know
My heart is just too dark to care
I can't destroy what isn't there
Deliver me into my fate
If I'm alone I cannot hate
I don't deserve to have you
Ooh my smile was taken long ago
If I can change I hope I never know
I still press your letters to my lips
And cherish them in parts of me that savor every kiss
I couldn't face a life without your light
But all of that was ripped apart when you refused to fight
So save your breath, I will not care
I think I made it very clear
You couldn't hate enough to love
Is that supposed to be enough?
I only wish you weren't my friend
Then I could hurt you in the end
I never claimed to be a saint
Ooh my own was banished long ago
It took the death of hope to let you go
So break yourself against my stones
And spit your pity in my soul
You never needed any help
You sold me out to save yourself
And I won't listen to your shame
You ran away, you're all the same
Angels lie to keep control
Ooh my love was punished long ago
If you still care, don't ever let me know
If you still care, don't ever let me know
GCG-DGD | GCD
She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean
She was the best damn woman that I ever seen
She had the sightless eyes, telling me no lies
Knocking me out with those American thighs
Taking more than her share, had me fighting for air
She told me to come, but I was already there
'Cause the walls start shaking, the Earth was quaking
My mind was aching and we were making it
And you shook me all night long Yeah, you shook me all night long
Working double time on the seduction line
She's one of a kind, she's just mine, all mine
Wanted no applause, it's just another course
Made a meal outta me, and come back for more
Had to cool me down to take another round
Now I'm back in the ring to take another swing
That the walls were shaking, the Earth was quaking
My mind was aching and we were making it
And you shook me all night long
Yeah, you shook me all night long
And knocked me out, I said you shook me all night long
You had me shaking and you shook me all night long
C-G-G-C
C-F/Dm
C-G-C
Capo 2 - for kids
C G Am F C G (run from d string to) C
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
Am G F C - C G F-run to C
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer
Let it be
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer
Let it be
Chorus x2
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow
Let it be
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be-e
Chorus x 2 (SOLO)
REPEAT ALL
Capo 6
Verse
A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7
PC
Bm7 C#m7 D C#m7 Bm7 Bm7/E
Ch
A Bm7 Bm7/E A
E-F#m7 C#m7
D C#m7 Bm7 Bm7/E
Bridge
G A
G A
E-F#m7 C#m7
D C#m7 Bm7 Bm7/E
We Are The World
A D E A
There comes a time when we heed a certain call
D E A
When the world must come together as one
F#m
There are people dying
C#m Bm
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life
D E
The greatest gift of all
[Verse 2]
A D E A
We can't go on pretending day by day
D E A
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
F#m C#m
We're all a part of God's great big family
Bm
And the truth
D E
You know love is all we need
[Chorus]
D E A
We are the world, we are the children
D E A
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving
F#m C#m
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives
Bm E A
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me
[Verse 3]
A D E A
Well, send them your heart so they know that someone cares
D E A
And their lives will be stronger and free
F#m C#m
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread
Bm E
And so we all must lend a helping hand
[Chorus]
D E A
We are the world, we are the children
D E A
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving
F#m C#m
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives
Bm E A
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me
[Bridge]
F G A
When you're down and out there seems no hope at all
F G A
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall
F#m C#m
Well, well, well, let's realize that a change can only come
D
When we
E
stand together as one
[Chorus] (x2)
D E A
We are the world, we are the children
D E A
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving
F#m C#m
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives
Bm E A
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me
[Chorus Coda] (a half step higher)
Eb F Bb
We are the world, we are the children
Eb F Bb
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving
Gm Dm
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives
Cm F Bb
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (ad lib)
There's a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place could be much brighter than tomorrow
And if you really try
You'll find there's no need to cry
In this place you'll feel there's no hurt or sorrow
There are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space
Make a better place
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me
If you want to know why
There's a love that cannot lie
Love is strong, it only cares for joyful giving
If we try, we shall see
In this bliss we cannot feel
Fear or dread, we stop existing and start living
Then it feels that always
Love's enough for us growing
Make a better world
Make a better world
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me
And the dream we were conceived in will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in will shine again in grace
Then why do we keep strangling life, wound this Earth, crucify its soul?
Though it's plain to see this world is heavenly, be God's glow
We could fly so high
Let our spirits never die
In my heart, I feel you are all my brothers
Create a world with no fear
Together we'll cry happy tears
See the nations turn their swords into ploughshares
We could really get there
If you cared enough for the living
Make a little space
To make a better place
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me
Make a better place (You and for me)
Make a better place (You and for me)
Make a better place (You and for me)
Heal the world we live in (You and for me)
Save it for our children (You and for me)
Heal the world we live in (You and for me)
Save it for our children (You and for me)
Heal the world we live in (You and for me)
Save it for our children (You and for me)
Heal the world we live in (You and for me)
Save it for our children
V1 Ch V2 Bridge V3 Ch V4
Bb F
Desmond has his barrow in the marketplace
Bb
Molly is the singer in a band
Bb Eb
Desmond says to Molly, "Girl, I like your face"
Bb F Bb
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand
Bb F Gm
"Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah
Bb F Bb
La-la, how their life goes on (X2)
V2
Desmond takes a trolley to the jeweller's store (choo-choo)
Buys a 20-carat golden ring (ring)
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door
And as he gives it to her, she begins to sing (sing)
CHORUS
Bridge
Eb Bb
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet home
Eb
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Bb F
Of Desmond and Molly Jones (ha-ha-ha-ha)
Bb F
Happy ever after in the marketplace
Desmond lets the children lend a hand
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face
And in the evening she still sings it with the band, yes
CHORUS then Bridge
Bb F
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah
Bb
La-la, how their life goes on (yeah)
F Dm C Bb F
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
F C Dm Bb | F C Bb F
Country roads, take me home To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
CHORUS
Dm C F
I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me
Bb F C
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Dm C Bb
Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin'
C C7
That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday
CHORUS
Capo 4
C
On the road again
E7
Just can't wait to get on the road again
D
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
F G C
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again
And I can't wait to get on the road again
F
On the road again
C
Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway
F
We're the best of friends
C G
Insisting that the world keep turnin' our way, and our way
REPEAT X2
G C D
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
E D C G
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
E G E G E D G
It's something unpredictable
But in the end, it's right
I hope you had the time of your life
G C D
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
E D C G
Tattoos of memories, and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while
CHORUS
Capo 8
C Em Am G# C G
V1 and V2
C G-aug C C7
F F#dim C C7
F C E7 Am x3
D7 G C A7
Intro with G#7
V2
To Bridge
C G-aug-over-B Bb6
Bridge
C GB run Bb 6 A7 D7 G
Bridge
F B C B7 C
B B7 Em A Dm G
V3